International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP)

JMS Secondary Years students are seekers of truth and promoters of compassion; we are co-authors of a future that values equality, freedom, resilience, and responsibility over all else.

JMS serve Jakarta’s international community by providing an academically challenging, creatively stimulating, and caring atmosphere for learning.

To earn an IB Diploma, three of the six subjects must be offered at the Higher Level and the rest at the Standard Level.

All Higher Level subjects and Standard Level subjects are studied over two years.

At the Higher Level, course work covers a greater range and depth of content and requires more instructional time.

The core of Extended Essay, TOK (Theory of Knowledge) and CAS are required to earn the IB Diploma.

The IB DP in Secondary Year 11 and Year 12 is a two-year pre-university course of studies leading to examinations which allows JMS graduates to fulfil requirements of various well-respected national and international universities.

It truly prepares students for success in higher education and to be active participants in a global society.

The IB Diploma Programme is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year course leading to a set of external examinations taken by students in May of their final year at the school.

Those who satisfy the demands of the Diploma demonstrate a strong commitment to learning, both in terms of the mastery of subject content and in the development of the skills and discipline necessary for success in a competitive world.

As part of the course, students complete an independent, self-directed piece of research culminating in a 4,000 word essay.

In addition to this students follow the Theory of Knowledge programme, which asks students to reflect on the nature of knowledge, and how they know what they assume they know.

Students are required not only to write a 1,600 word essay but make an oral presentation.

They are also encouraged to push back their individual frontiers with creativity, action and service activities.